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      | FEBRUARY 2004 | A Publication of 
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      | ELLIOTT® 
      Nationwide Network of Appraisers 
      Reaches Record Level
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       ELLIOTT® & Company Appraisers now has a network of over 2,750 licensed and 
      certified real estate appraisers throughout the United States. Through 
      this network, the company is able to deliver prompt service in each of the 
      50 states of the U.S.A. 
 Despite the large number of active members, the company has strict 
      standards of which appraisers must comply to become and remain a member of 
      its network. With its ongoing effort of quality control, the staff at 
      ELLIOTT® frees the company’s clients to concentrate on the lending aspect 
      of their business and not have to worry about hunting down the right 
      appraiser in a distant location.
 
 Qualified appraisers who wish to apply for membership in the network may 
      do so by going to www.appraisalsanywhere.com.
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        | Walk-in Pantry Tops 
        List of 
        Kitchen Features |  
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        |  According to the National Association of Home 
      Builders, a walk-in pantry is the feature most requested by people who are 
      having a single-family home built. According to NAHB’s free publication 
      called “Housing Facts, Figures & Trends 2004,” 78% of the respondents 
      rated these large pantries as “desirable or essential.” Coming in second 
      with 71%, according to this survey of new kitchen preferences, was island 
      work areas and the third most popular special feature in this area was 
      light wood cabinets (59%). 
 Also reported in this publication, a typical newly built 2,272 square-foot 
      home would have an average of 19 windows, 19 tons of cement and 13,387 
      board feet, according to the latest NAHB research.
 
 Atlanta led all U.S. metro markets in single-family permits during the 
      first nine months of 2003, followed in order by Phoenix-Mesa, 
      Riverside-San Bernardino, Houston and Washington. The New York metro area 
      led the country in multi-family permits, followed by Houston, Chicago, 
      Atlanta and Las Vegas.
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                | Quotes 
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                “On matters of style, swim with the 
                current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” – 
                Thomas Jefferson
 “Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.” 
                - Benjamin Franklin
 
 “I do not know what weapons World War III will be fought with, 
                but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – 
                Albert Einstein
 
 “History, although sometimes made up of the few acts of the 
                great, is more often shaped by the many acts of the small.” – 
                Mark Twain
 
 “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have a 
                habit of making excuses.” – George Washington
 
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 ELLIOTT® & Company Appraisers 
            currently offers appraisal service throughout all 50 of the United 
            States. Clients are encouraged to place orders directly to any 
            office local to properties to be appraised or to the central office 
            for assignment.
 Orders may 
            be placed via telephone, fax or through the company's Web site. All 
            Internet orders will be processed through the central office. 
             
            Some 
            Offices Are Independently Owned and Operated
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